Polish infrastructure manager and universities to develop monitoring system
Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP PLK, together with Polish universities, will develop an extensive monitoring system, which will gather information such as noise level and vibrations linked to specific vehicles.Read more
Ukrainian Railways built and electrified a record length of tracks in 2022
In 2022, Ukrzaliznytsia reconstructed and overhauled 470 kilometres of railway track, and electrified another 82 kilometres, a record for the Ukrainian infrastructure manager. Connections to neighbouring European countries played a key role in its efforts. Read more
PKP PLK commissions first pantograph inspection unit in Poland
Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe has taken its first pantograph inspection installation into use. By detecting faults in pantographs, the more than 100 annual failures in the overhead line network as a...Read more
Ukrainian Railways to study first high-speed rail line to Poland in European gauge
Ukrainian Railways signed a cooperation agreement with the Polish Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) with the intention to develop a high-speed railway line in European standard gauge between Warsaw and Kyiv, via Lviv. The cooperation agreement...Read more
A high-speed rail network from the Baltics to Central Europe is one step closer
For the development of high-speed rail in the ‘Three Seas Region’ between the Baltic Sea in the North, the Black Sea in central Europe and the Adriatic Sea, Poland’s Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK), Rail Baltica...Read more
Design works for Polish high-speed rail project begin
Poland’s first high-speed railway between the Polish capital of Warsaw and the city of Łódź is taking shape with the award of the first design contracts for the 140-kilometre line by project organisation CPK.Read more
Why develop new infrastructure for hyperloop when existing rail tracks can be used?
InterviewDeveloping a vacuum hyperloop as a new transport system is complicated and expensive, why not use the concepts of the hyperloop and combine it with the existing railway tracks? That was the question with which...Read more
PKP adds CZ Loko shunting locomotives
Polish state railway operator PKP has added six CZ Loko diesel shunting locomotives to its fleet, as part of an ongoing 8-million euro renewal programme.Read more
“Greater interest in rail travel, but obstacles in cross-border travel remain”
The transport ministers of the EU countries talked about the development of high-speed rail lines in different parts of Europe at an informal meeting in Prague on Friday. Currently having the presidency of the Council...Read more
RailFreight Summit kicks off in Warsaw this week
Coming Wednesday, sister publication RailFreight.com will host its annual RailFreight Summit, now in its fifth year. The 2022 edition will be held in Warsaw, Poland.Read more
Join the free RailFreight Webinar: ‘Poland, a new reality’
The role of Poland in the international rail freight market has changed completely. Whereas it used to be the gateway to Europe for traffic from Asia with the busiest border crossing on the New Silk...Read more
Poland to upgrade railway line Szczecin to the German border
To achieve a shorter travel time for passengers and a more efficient transportation of goods between Szczecin Główny and Germany, Polish railway manager PKP PKL will modernise the railway line to the Polish-German border. Works...Read more
77 percent of CEF financing in first call for TEN-T goes to rail
AnalysisIn the first round of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T), 77,7 percent will go to railway projects, an analysis by RailTech.com shows. Sixty-seven rail projects across Europe will be...Read more